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COVID spreads to rural India as deaths again rise above 4,000
In this picture taken on May 5, 2021, health workers wearing personal protective equipment suits attend to a COVID-19 patient inside the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Teerthanker Mahaveer University (TMU) hospital in Moradabad, India. Photo by Prakash Singh /AFP via Getty Images
India’s COVID-19 outbreak has stabilized in parts of the country, a government official said, but deaths rose by 4,194 on Saturday and infections were spreading in rural areas where public health services are scarce and already overstretched.
India reported more than 400,000 infections a day in early May but the numbers have gradually eased. On Saturday, government data showed 257,299 new cases.